My Problem with G5 My Little Pony (Critique, Redesign, & Fun Facts!)

[@cocopudus]

HELP?? I’m the artist behind the “mane six in g2 artstyle” drawings, glad they could work as good inspo for your redesign!

[@callimara]

OMG HI I LOVED YOUR ART

[@cocopudus]

@@callimara and i love your design!!! :D tysm for the little shoutout teehee :3c

[@anxiousoptimism5517]

This is incredibly sweet.

[@HoshiNoAxo]

THATS YOU??? I SAW THEM AND THYRE SO CUTE

[@hwilliams2339]

Omg I reblogged your art on tumblr! Love your style :)

[@luzcalderon7808]

"Zag studios kept using my plot points" honestly a flex

[@usernotfound_____yet]

I honestly don't doubt this statement, but can we have some examples?

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@BirthweenBoi It's callimara not calamari.

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@BirthweenBoi So you're just gonna use her name, wrong, okay, I got it. 👍🏾Ignorant fool.

[@Chillipowww]

@BirthweenBoiyou mad weird for that

[@vilee600]

​@BirthweenBoiew.

[@kaylaHat]

They look like when you aks someone who never drew a horse to draw a horse without reference, so they just do what they do for people, but with a snout

[@TBG1]

No, bcus I literally did that way back when in like 5th grade 😭

[@maio0077]

The worst part is that they had countless good concepts and chose precisely this one

[@pemanilnoob]

They definitely use cats for reference, as those are definitely one of the cutest animals. And they want to target kids and people who like cute little things. I like mlp, I don’t care for horses. So it checks out.

[@noodleydoo2862]

24:42 I remember seeing an animation that gave a unicorn forward facing eyes on purpose to give an uncanny feeling and imply that it was a predator

[@noodleydoo2862]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH3Fe4murdukeLMsi=rKBudAzOh9NKONJG This one

[@noodleydoo2862]

@rat_in_a_bucket same braincell!!

[@vibrantgleam]

NOW THAT WORKS BC OF THE CONTEXT.

[@xxxxx-iu4fw]

Do you remember the name or anything? I’d love to watch that, it sounds cool

[@noodleydoo2862]

@@xxxxx-iu4fw deceptacon I’m pretty sure

[@emotionalkryptonite1161]

I went from 'they aint that bad' to 'I HATE THEIR MOUTHS I HATE THEIR MOUTHS' in like five seconds.

[@jacobcox4565]

MLP in the 1980s: *cutesy pastel colored magical ponies* MLP in the 2020s: *horrible brightly colored human/pony chimera abominations*

[@hannahlamagna]

Mlp g3 g3.5 girly fun pony show yes I love mlp every generation all generations

[@Faith-gx4el]

I'm trying not to start a fight over this but you shouldn't be so bold on the internet considering there are people who will disagree (ehm; me.) Please be nicer.

[@jacobcox4565]

@@Faith-gx4el Look at the differences between a pug from the 17th century and a pug today and tell me that doesn't perfectly describe how the MLP designs changed over the years.

[@Faith-gx4el]

@@jacobcox4565 you can take out "abomination" and "horrible"

[@jacobcox4565]

@@Faith-gx4el That is what I think though. I really don't like their flat man faces.

[@Angies.Corner.]

Calimara’s in her MLP era and as someone who never had a MLP phase, I’m all here for it

[@Glismp_of_glitter]

Me too. Me too.

[@Lichen8404]

I've always thought it was strange that modern animation is so simple and flat with more limited movement when the older hand drawn animated shows and movies were so much more detailed and expressive.

[@joosoo]

Because old cartoons from the 80s and 90s used hand painted cells. Early 2000s you start seeing the transition to digital painting. Nowadays, a lot of shows are using Toonboom etc. Designs are simplified and rigged onto a puppet. It allows the animators to keyframe faster by dragging around a puppet instead of hand-drawing each frame.

[@DoveJS]

This completely depends on which shows and movies you're referring to because simple and flat isn't mutually exclusive with expressiveness but doing anything more detailed takes a lot more time. That's why animated movies came out less frequently back then, it just took longer to get every frame completed, and there were generally fewer concurrent series within any given studio. It's also why there was a push for 3D; it's not necessarily less time-consuming or extensively more innovative but the 2D animators were trying to unionize, gained partial success in some places, and the people working in 3D still haven't successfully formed a union. Pretty much every animation company is also on the brink of extinction because of the way the industry handles payment. This is also why in general, most video games have moved away from unique animations and towards "immersive realism" because it technically takes less time, effort, and most importantly people dedicated to it, and literally no one seems to care as much about the animation whenever they review anything because on the whole most of humanity just takes animation for granted and don't view it as an art form in and of itself, even though animation, even in games, is fundamental for immersion.

[@indigopines]

​@@joosooYou can still hand-draw with ToonBoom really beautifully, and some puppets can be really gorgeous. What it really boils down to is cheaping out on making the show look good, by Hasbro. It could look much better with the same tools and artists, but they probably wouldn't/won't give them enough time and pay.

[@9Hyper_Fixations]

Honestly, the new gen made me sad, I grew up on MLP, and when I watched the new movie for nostalgias sake, I felt an unbridled amount of sadness. Knowing that spike was still alive and twilight might be, broke my heart. Just imagining all the main 6(7, spike) growing old, and spike and twilight being alone, broke my inner childs heart.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Interestingly, the writer of G4 said that Twillight IS not immortal as an alicorn, and her lifespan wouldn't be much longer than the average pony. She wouldn't outlive all her friends (at least not by an amount of time that wouldn't be possible otherwise). So the writers of G5 just have thrown established canon completely out of the window. But at the same time, they want to stick to G5 being a sequel. xD

[@9Hyper_Fixations]

@@najpotenicewolf934 😅I know she's not, I was content with knowing that she would have a relatively normal lifespan, then the movie came out and I was so confused like shouldn't she be dead, then they said she may be alive and I was like "did the writers of G5 decided that contiguity was not important" 💀

[@HandheldGamer1991]

Dont be. This train wreck is only canon if you want it to be. 99% of the fans literally pretend it doesnt exists. Thats how hated it is. This is what happens when the corp. And marketing team decide what the story shpuld be not the writers. It aleays ends up a mess.

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

I recognize that unicorn! It's "Lady Amalthea" or just Unicorn from the Last Unicorn! Such a great animation, I really need to read the book series, thanks for reminding me. Neat to think that the Animation Studio that worked on The Last Unicorn eventually went defunct and basically half of it became Studio Ghibli, the other half was eventually bought by Disney and became Walt Disney Animation Japan, which of course closed back in 2004. This random information is provided to you by my brain. :3 It's a weird place.

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

I had no idea that it was basically studio ghibli! Or even Japanese for that matter Cool! Thanks for the random info!

[@quirky5836]

Goddd I loved that movie growing up

[@Random_Hooman]

OH MY GOD, SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS THAT??? I SAW IT AT NIGHT ON LIVE TV WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND WAS NEVER ABLE TO SEE IT AGAIN-

[@_afancyhat_]

@@Random_Hooman I think it's still on Netflix if you have it! I loved this movie when I was younger, I need to rewatch so bad 😭❤️

[@DoveJS]

It's only one book, and the sequel is a short story which focuses on the humans, but I strongly recommend The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle if you still haven't read it yet! It's short, just 212 pages long in my edition. So many of the details in the movie are taken directly from the book, it's a pretty faithful adaptation, but they didn't include everything (mostly the songs, and they didn't include the town that Lir came from) but seeing everything laid out in words is a new experience. I don't know why, other than having a unicorn as protagonist in a young adult book, but it's one of my favorite fantasy books of all time personally. "The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea." That's the opening paragraph. Foreshadowing for the plot and the book overall lol. I'll admit, it has a lot of what could be considered legit purple prose alongside gentle jabs at purple prose but I like it because it isn't really trying to be pompous or snide so much as it's just having some fun while adding expressiveness. That may be hit or miss for some or trying too hard idk. :) The short story was good btw but if you feel the need to skip it, I don't think you'd be missing much. And of course no one has to read the Last Unicorn but for anyone considering it already, I'd recommend just doing it if you can find it in a library or a book store. I'd say the movie is also worth a rewatch as an adult, if you saw it as a kid, but that one duet doesn't get any easier to listen to, oof (it's an original song and not in the book btw, if memory serves me right.) And Molly Grue is incredibly relatable the older I get. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" That whole scene is in the book too.

[@lustrousient5584]

3:56 You have just PERFECTLY explained why I also hate the red panda design from Turning Red!! I could never put my finger on why I hated the face. Red panda muzzles are white, and Mei’s panda design has the mouth tucked under the white like it’s a mustache lmao

[@pemanilnoob]

Well she is a human turning into a red panda, and not just a red panda, so I think that can be excused. Also I haven’t looked at an image for reference in writing this comment so don’t,,, don’t kill me,,,,

[@rosemary3029]

I should mention that red pandas are more orangey than pure red

[@meadowhearthfire]

My problems with G5 are that: 1) It completely ignores the fact that the three pony tribes have intermingled and had babies with one another. It's been confirmed in G4's "Baby Cakes"! Like, what happened to them after the tribes split? And what happened to ponies born within tribes outside their own? Did their parents leave with them and found an inter-tribe village with likeminded parents? Were the babies born after the split killed at birth? 2) It made the ponies just so stupid as to start hating each other for being of different tribes at the drop of a freaking hat! It's the same problem I have with the final conflict of G4! I swear, Hasbro is stupid and greedy!

[@doggyspeak]

pony eugenics :(

[@tarot_the_mew2599]

AND WHAT ABOUT THE WINDEGOS, IF THEY ALL HATE EACH OTHER WHERES THE SNOW, HOW ARE THEY NOT EXTINCT

[@justapikminplayer6574]

@@tarot_the_mew2599I think that’s one of the things callimara was talking about with how the new gen said that it was a sequel to magic is friendship. By doing that they basically said that things like the windegos are in this gen but somehow… just got an eating disorder for thousands of years

[@jackwtflmao]

Omg... the last unicorn was a staple in my childhood, even though it was considered "girly". I knew all the lyrics to The Last Unicorn by America, and I loved the book as a kid too. I thought the story and art style was charming, and not a lot of other boys watched it. Also, as a new author I appreciate you giving support to other small authors! Keep it up ❤

[@rowanalexandriabennett]

From one author to another, do you have any works available that I could check out? Thanks for the kind words!

[@Dulce_Dragonesa]

One thing I will say is that the actual designs versus the concept ones appear to feature more body diversity between each individual pony, which I do find to be appealing and a nice new direction for the show as opposed to the cardboard cut out copies that the g4 ponies were of each other.

[@noonstar3435]

That's the one singular thing they have going for them haha

[@rowanalexandriabennett]

Thanks for the kind words, Callimara! Happy to be a part of a video that you clearly put a lot of passion into.

[@LilBatHugz]

When you moved the human forms face onto the pony body i cant unsee it now-

[@CammyFrostbite14]

3:10 me too, sister. I sit very still when I read. To be honest I never really cared much for G5, having grown up on G4 but I like your redesign better. I like all your pony redesigns

[@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

7:52 this is a generalization rather than a hard-and-fast rule. I definitely agree that giving them forward facing eyes made them look a bit weird & un-pony-like, but Panda Bears, frugivorous monkeys, &, most notably, the MOST herbivorous animal I can think of, Koalas, all have forward-facing eyes despite not being hunters. There are many reasons an animal might need binocular vision, hunting is just the most _common._

[@jerrylepoppin]

Koalas also have slit pupils like a cat, apparently because it's useful for looking at vertical things like trees.

[@segundojb9202]

If callimara has fans, I'm one of them If she only has one, I'm one of them If she's not, I don't exist

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

G5’s relationship to G4 is like that of Rise of the TMNT’s relationship with TMNT 2012 save for the fact that Rise grew a sizable fandom once it found its footing. Both G5 and ROTTMNT came off of incredibly successful media that had a huge following young and old and ended up suffering due to how closely released they were to their predecessors’ finales and how hard they diverged from past media. At least Rise can stand on its own and has style and substance- all I’ve seen out of G5 is a show trying to pass itself off as Friendship is Magic 2 with none of the charm or heart that made FIM work.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

me personally my problem with G5 is that in the 2D art style the faces look really weird and give me a uncanny valley vibe With ROTTMNT I don't get that uncanny valley vibe with the faces

[@somerandomdude7785]

Should've compared G5 to the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy instead.

[@smashedmelon3156]

I honestly see g5 as mlp verson of nine realms

[@mistingwolf]

"Visually objectionable" is such a good phrase. Gonna borrow that!

[@rougeakane]

G1 and 3 had super cute face shapes, I wish we could have a more horsey face shape, even though I love the g4 style

[@edsiecap898]

I havent watched this yet but omg justice for Gen 5 mlp 😭 had so much potential but it flopped so HARD

[@AtticusKarpenter]

They really shoot themselves in the legs by whole "its the world of G4 and main characters are fans of G4 Mane Six - just like you!1". Its stupid marketing strategy that flop every time. They can change aesthetics (but they failed it anyway, especially comparing to G4), can restart whole "pony tribes hate each other" but its stupid to put it AFTER G4 storyline, undoing all what Princess of Friendship and all her gals do to establish friendship-ness in Equestria. If they want to do it in the same world and with this story, they much better be doing this a prequel, before Celestia and Luna united pony tribes. With set-uping plot points for G4 ponies, and using cross-time shenanigans when they need more direct approach. But they really gone Star Wars sequels way

[@cacaumassipanoficial6203]

Now that you mentioned, I remember that the G4 ponies have similar faces to this new G5 style but only when they face forward

[@Razorrrrrrrrrrrr]

1:31 ZAG STUDIO REALLY STOLL YOUR PLOT POINTS? What a flex 😅✨💅 making miraculous laddybutt better !

[@Atlazuko]

I was legit like wait is she going to draw Sunny Last unicorn style? i was kinda excited not gonna lie. but I also love, love your drawing of Amalthea so it's a win, win.

[@nataliemair3861]

I don't normally comment on videos very much, but I just have one thing to say: THANK YOU OMG! When I saw Tell Your Tale, I was so put off by it because of the art style. No offense to people that like shows with this style but, I personally find it SO UGLY! It's nice to see someone share the same critiques I had of Gen 5, even though I freely admit I enjoy the 3D animated stuff (and Izzy and Pipp are easily my favorite characters). I know it's tradition and all to reboot the franchise every decade, but I feel like Gen 5 needed A LOT more TLC before it was released, maybe it wouldn't have suffered so much (same opinion I have of Miraculous actually, although it could've used a different lead writer and whatnot too).

[@crkfan100]

THE COOKIE RUN BACKGROUND THEME!!!!!!

[@Cosmica_TwT]

I thought I was the only one who realized that 😭

[@crkfan100]

@@Cosmica_TwT MOOD

[@K1ttyGam3r]

AS SOON AS I HEARD IT I GOT SO EXCITED

[@lovelyseiren]

Hello fellow cookie runners! :D

[@Lechgang]

The Amalthea drawing is kickass by the way, I feel like that needs to be mentioned.

[@DumboOcto]

I feel like G5 just narrowly dodged flopping as hard as G2 did. And that part of that could be due to how Hasbro didn't make the ponies look like ponies. Plus. I feel like, at least in terms of the movie, they tried to copy Lauren Faust's idea of making the ponies go on an adventure. Albeit in a bit of a more toned down way in comparison to G4. And didn't quite stick the landing completely. There's a few other reasons why I feel G5 didn't do so well. But I'm not trying to write an entire essay in a comment, lol. So I might make my own G5 redesign and rewrite (potentially including it's own show bible but idk).

[@daraghokane4236]

The movie was good and a good set up for the show. The show wasn't, here is what I would have done for the show one there is still prejudice around the world to solve two bringing back magic awakened some bad guy twilight fought 1 thousand years ago, Sprout is his henchmen

[@Corrector1]

Lauren didn't create the idea of "My Little Pony" characters going on an adventure. The original cartoon was an adventure show through and through.

[@DumboOcto]

@@Corrector1 Ig the movie felt similar-ish to G4's second episode, Friendship Is Magic Part 2, in some aspects to me. It's hard to explain: But if I'm correct, then most of the earlier generations focused on villains that weren't ponies. Tirek, the smooze, Catrina, & the witches (with the witches being the first villains). Plus. I don't really think there was ever anything completely similar to the elements of harmony in any of the previous generations. Aside from the Rainbow Of Light. Meanwhile in the start of G4 & G5. Both shows have crystals that get their powers from ponies coming together (friendship/ unity), they both had a pony as their first villain (Sprout & Nightmare Moon both of which were jealous of their siblings), and the ponies defeated the main villain with the power of friendship (coming mostly from the main cast). But maybe it's just me who felt like those two are similar.

[@noonstar3435]

Do it, I'd watch it

[@Your_L0cal-Editor]

As someone who is currently making his own MLP gen (100% from scratch) this is most intresting and a tad helpful. Thanks, Cali!

[@LemonSupportsPalestine]

Oh my gosh this is 6/7 months ago and idk if ur gonna see this but i would be so excited to hear about this, if you wouldn’t mind sharing! I’ve been considering making my own MLP fanfiction, but I never really knew how I wanted to do it, or even how to start. TL;DR: I would love to hear about your story if u want to share!

[@Comettle]

Just started watching the video and I'm already blessed with a speedpaint of The Last Unicorn. I love that movie 💖

[@MarielWhalley]

Ever since I learned to use illustrator, I could never use vector layers in other drawing apps

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

Seriously! Except that I am broke, so I use Inkscape, it's a lot of a learning curve, but once you get it it's totally doable, I've made some intense artwork in it. Although do not expect your lines to look the way you want when you draw them, you have to adjust them, still far easier that what I saw here...😆

[@daraghokane4236]

For G5 they should have made it like sonic underground or one piece . Have the world of Equestria be ruled by a bad guy and the ponys go around teaching ponies about freindship I think you an keep the cute friendship messages against a evil ruler. I like the message of the movie that over time things detreated. The elements of harmony going to town to town liberating them would have been cool.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

that premise sounds really cool!

[@daraghokane4236]

@@maninanikittycat4238 In Saudi ariba dancing is a crime I think singing and dancing being a crime in Equestria that the element of laughter pony ignores would be cool.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

@@daraghokane4236 or maybe a pony representing the element of laughter is a jokester type who's optimistic

[@Mandaraminu]

ITS MY BABY! AMALTHEA! You made her so pretty!! She was my first comfort character and I’d re-watch the movie at least twice a day.

[@StonedHunter]

I really like what you brought from the G2 style while still keeping a lot of the design philosophies we saw more of in G4. It feels really distinct while also still feeling like MLP and not "MLP at home".

[@lilyfae7197]

13:14 I wonder if this is partially because more often than not modern kids media *isnt* hand drawn anymore. People do draw it initially, but a lot of the animation is done through tweening, while older stuff would’ve had to be completely hand done. Nothing wrong with tweening, just something interesting!

[@StormEscape]

I love this design so much! I would've loved to see a design like this used in the show!

[@K1ttyGam3r]

11:06 as soon as I heard the Cookie Run music I nearly went feral with excitement. I love that game

[@theoddmagician]

THE WHOLE VIDEO HAD COOKIE RUN MUSICCCC

[@aidenart3056]

The concept art is literally more interesting than the final designs, i would love that Sunny from concept really, it suits better her character i think, and having like innovative personality

[@cacaumassipanoficial6203]

I don't hate G5, but calling a special episode Starlight Secrets with the colors of the original Starlight from G4 and not saying much about the episode until it was released was not a good move, and there was no way they wouldn't expect that people would have expectations about seeing something with the real Starlight or something about G4 in in general. They put themselves in a situation where they shouldn't go too deep into the history of G4 because this is supposed to be a new generation, but they also can't ignore G4 because G5 is also a continuation of G4 and fans definitely want to know what happened. Of course they have a lot of expectations because G4 was so big, but still, one of the reasons G4 was so good was because it was different from other generations and didn't have direct connections and wasn't a continuation of the events of the past generation.

[@artc-the-brony1050]

Well, yeah, we sorta have the right to be mad that they (definitely deliberately) baited us with that special.

[@daraghokane4236]

I like that G4 starts 1 thousand years from Celestials adventures and G5 starts 1 thousand years from Twilights adventure. I prefer it being a continuation then a reboot how the old world fell apart could be a good story

[@flamefangstar]

I dont think anyone even remembers Comet from that. He was supposed to be their 7th, at least implied, then just went somewhere.

[@timebubble8421]

My god the concept art looks so much better. The missed potential

[@Wolfluna091]

I love the little touch of CROB music on the background Time stamps if someone is interested 0:00 Isle of memories main screen 6:41 Fragant Lotus Paradise main screen theme 8:30 Escape from the Oven - Stage 2-7. Moonlit Night Sea 13:41 Lost City of Sugarteara - Stage 2. Sea Turtle Cove 16:03 Friendly Run (i think) stage selection menu 17:44 ??? 21:01 Cocoa Cookie Trial

[@Casserollee]

17:44 is "Ornate Wizard's table"

[@lovelyseiren]

As a crob fan and player I thank you for these timestamps!

[@casseroledragon3277]

I love your art here! Very reminiscent of The Last Unicorn. Edit: oh you were actually drawing The Last Unicorn when I commented this, my bad 😂 I thought that was becoming Sunny.

[@Ochako_Fangirl]

I had to go back like 3 minutes because I was so excited to see a The Last Unicorn drawing I didn't pay attention LMAO That movie was my childhood, and it made a rlly meaningful bond between my dad and I :) I still listen to the songs and everything

[@indesomniac]

I love your take on updating the G2 style!! Your Sunny is so cute. I agree completely about what you said about their muzzles; I feel like taking an animal series and humanizing them too much is sort of disregarding the reason they’re animals to begin with

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

Me sitting there thinking your design looked a lot like The Last Unicorn and then seeing you pull up a picture of it for reference! 😆Love that movie!

[@footh1013]

If you want to keep your vector layer and color it, you can make a layer above the vector and clip it to the vector layer. It's a bit of a workaround, but it's the method I use to color vector layers

[@littlepuppy6822]

hiii im a newbie at digital art, what does vector layer mean?

[@doggyspeak]

@@littlepuppy6822 A vector layer is a type of layer in Clip Studio Paint that uses vector drawing. Vector drawing is basically using mathematics to create a line or shape (sort of like equations in geometry and trigonometry). You make those shapes using points, lines, curves, and angles instead of editing pixels on a canvas. Non-vector drawing is usually referred to as "bitmap" drawing, and is more similar to traditional art where you add media to a canvas. A simple version of this is like the line and curve tools in mspaint, you place a point and then place another point and the tool's equation draws a perfectly straight line between them. More advanced programs like the one in this video can save those points and render that line in real time, so you can go back and edit them, changing things like line width, brush type, corner type, and number and location of points. Vector graphics are used a lot in graphic design and computer animation because once you get the shapes made they can be made as big or small as you need them and still look just as sharp, and you can use things like nested layers and shape keys to automate a lot of animation and motion graphics. When people refer to "flash puppets/flash animation" they are talking about using vector drawing for animation (an early consumer program that used this technology was Adobe Flash, though I think G4 my little pony used mainly toonboom iirc.) It's a little intimidating to get started but most modern drawing programs offer some variety of vector drawing, like Photoshop's pen tool, or CSP's vector layers. They can be a HUGE help for precision work like lineart so I recommend learning a bit about the vector tools in your digital art program of choice! (Also sorry for the essay, I hope this helped!)

[@choirunnisak888]

'Friendship is magic' is still my favorite generation of my little pony. I still want to know their story after twilight's coronation, the story of Luster Dawn, ponyville and many more of G4

[@thephilosoraptor8565]

Also regarding the forward facing eyes, they're also found in tree-climbing animals like monkeys, in order to more accurately judge the distance between branches This could imply the ponies of G5 have an evolutionary history in trees, using their hooves like... suction cups or smth? Lmao idk

[@LannyLeArtist]

I had no idea that eye placement had something to do with predators and prey, that’s pretty cool information that i wouldn’t have expected to learn from a mlp video

[@LiniTheSoul]

Ur videos are so good! I rlly love redesigns and hearing the artists thoughts but yours are so much better because not only do I hear the thoughts on the new design, but also a lot more perspective on the original and how it looks to a professional artist. My untrained eye judges character design by if I think they are pretty. Yk, like any normal person. You tell us what you think about colorpallets, shape language, line art, and all that stuff and how it affects the show and why the producers might have done it. It’s so interesting to hear! Great video, keep it going

[@unripetheberrby6283]

9:42 Oh my goodness I remember those!!! Lookit those adorable abominations they're so cute! lol

[@horrorspinpapyrus2.094]

Man I used the Curve tool when i drew with my Mouse Good old Days

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

Was not expecting to get hit with a nostalgia train that I can't actually remember when you flashed the gen 2 ponies on screen. I wasn't a huge mlp fan ...ever... but we must have had a couple of dolls and maybe a book or something cause wow! Those shapes were hittin something in my brain, but I don't know what!

[@lolbitfnaf5906]

Oki, the beginning of the vid when you first started on Sunny I got serious nostalgia from The Last Unicorn. I hope I’m not the only one who remembers that movie, maybe some other 2000’s babies have watched it?

[@lolbitfnaf5906]

Oki nvm, I was still in the beginning, I saw the reference 😅 my question still stands!

[@lolbitfnaf5906]

Oki nvm you were just drawing her

[@haybale287]

Wow, that's great that you used Amalthea as a reference. It looks beautiful! I've always felt like Amalthea was the most fantastical looking unicorn design.

[@khaotickiri8223]

Okay but you mentioning the fact predators have front facing eyes is making WAY too many horror au ideas pop into my mind

[@Mixytelle]

literally one of, if not my absolute favorite youtube channel. talks about art, things i love, good critiques, teaches me about story. i love your content!

[@TuesdaysArt]

If you keep your lineart layer a vector layer, you can color the lineart so much easier by just selecting the lines and changing the color through layer settings. I learned that from the creator of Weirdogs and it improved my workflow!

[@hihowareya6861]

to an unrelated note: I LOVE THAT TIMEKEEPER/COOKIE RUN MUSIC

[@Kocham1bigos]

14:30 g3.5 started the hairstyles thing tho

[@lavender_fields]

When I first saw the designs for the G5 ponies, I was just really weirded out. While, yes, I was really used to the G4 style, that does not mean that I wouldn’t have liked the new designs, but now they’re just kind of weird. I honestly am kind of all for different kinds of art styles/designs and stuff, but I honestly don’t like the G5 MLP designs. Whenever I look at them, I just feel like something is really wrong and weird. (Also, really like the Cookie Run music in the background 👍)

[@pinacoladaofficial]

Nobody really mentions My Little Pony Tales but I actually adored it so so much ❤

[@Chopper7272]

no one talks about The Last Unicorn and this made me happy to see you drawing her

[@angelynmillet3296]

Little tip from an experienced vector artist: NEVER use that many nodes in your lines! If you have to readjust something later, it'll be more tedious the more nodes you add. The strength of vector linework is in its adjustability. Really, for any given curve, you won't need more than three or four nodes at most. Also, the more nodes, the bumpier the linework, which isn't necessarily bad depending on style, but something to take note of.

[@unwelcomejohnny8933]

oh my god the new toys are just horrendous 💀

[@gendyendy]

Hearing timekeeper's theme as soon as the video starts was nuts

[@floralfancy7814]

The design at 10:49 is so pretty. It looks like something you would find in a Studio Ghibli or classic Disney movie (back when Disney made good movies ofc though) The sunny starscout redesign reminds me of the older mlp gens style. Its very cute and nosalgic too. ❤

[@charliekloos4739]

In My Opinion, After So Much Thinking About It For a Few Weeks I've Worked Out What's Missing From G5 That Makes It Different From G4. Not Enough Villains, G4 Had Sooo Many Villains Enough To Fill a Town, Half Were Redeemed But In This Series We Get Like 3 Villains, Sprout, Opaline, Allura, And An Unseen New Villain Only Heard Of Once And Never Mentioned Again, But What This Series Really Needs To Keep Going Is New Menacing Threatening And Deadly Looking Villain. Heroes Vs Villains, Good Vs Evil, Epic Battle Scenes. They Put All That In This Series And More People Will Want To Watch It, And If That Doesn't Work Then May God Strike Me Down.

[@krisArue]

i really appreciated the first few seconds getting straight to the point, and because of my new grounded respect i shall finish thine video and maybe even a little pushy push of that red button i love your art style haha its really pretty! i love your tails and manes man and the pretty eyes mannnnn

[@ItsKaleidoscope]

THE LAST UNICORN SPOTTED!!! I was OBSESSED with it as a kid

[@ariannay766]

I was look oh wow your unicorn artstyle looks sooo much like the last unicorn, and then I realised that was what you were drawing jbnkjbgj. God I love that movie

[@BrinIoca]

Clicked for the g5 critique, stayed for the cookie run ovenbreak music

[@catsforever420]

never commented on a sponsor before but that book actually sounds really cool

[@rowanalexandriabennett]

Thanks so much! I really hope you give it a shot :)

[@CreativaArtly]

Yeah, the g5 designs weird me out. The front of the face eyes, how the snouts don’t work properly, it’s all so creepy. It’s offputting. There’s a reason G3 has my favorite proportions. It’s because it distinctly looks like a horse. Also yeah, the artist who did the mane 6 in the g2 style I follow their stuff on twitter too and it’s super cute. Top notch video as always, Calli. Thanks for putting words to what I’ve been thinking this entire time. I wish G5 would’ve kept them looking actually horselike. Like they could’ve looked at the horse art from other shows and used that as a model. Or idk kept them in line with the art style of the original artist they had create the designs. Just something. Anything. Keep up the good work, always enjoy the dive in your pond.

[@rhythmtherapy9957]

Lineart video would be incredible, your art is so pretty

[@seal8092]

It’s really sad what’s happened to Gen5 it’s just so disappointing. I wish they would’ve just not put anything from Gen4 in, keeping it on its own and giving it a chance to fully make a new story. There are so many cool things they could’ve done, sure it might be scary to do something fully new after the game changer that was Gen4, but it would’ve been better in the long run.

[@theoddmagician]

Off topic...CROB BACKGROUND MUSIC? I LOVE

[@Aquaxii_Axolotl]

I was drawing and noticed it in the background It's essentially a calling card to me

[@theoddmagician]

@@Aquaxii_Axolotl frfr

[@starfantasy1435]

You don’t a video on line art sounds great! I’ve been watching Tale your tale and I HATED the designs but your artstyle made it 10x better!

[@alyssamay9237]

You can actually change the line color in vector layers. Just use the 'Object" tool to select the lines, then under "Tool Properties" go to "Main color". Then you can select/change the color of the lines selected!

[@thepurpleside2860]

I looked at the concept art and I wish that was sunny it shows so much character and the style is perfection

[@lupita_Arsi]

My imaginary ears perked up with the cookierun music.

[@bartoszraczkowski3984]

3:08 your hair is preety

[@MelonTartVA]

Sunny turned out beautiful! Now I kinda wanna see what you’d do either Pipp

[@coopigeon619]

i love your redesign of Sunny.. she looks absolutely stunning in your beautiful art style 🩷🩷

[@flufflecake9232]

Please do a tutorial that goes deeper into the elements of digital art because I’ve just been using ibis paint without knowing ANYTHING about said mumbo jumbo 😭😭😭

[@jademonass2954]

girlie pop, i could not handle being THAT still when i read for even a minute, i would die 😭😭

[@thatrandomarthobo2769]

The way my jaw dropped when i saw the last unicorn! I use to own the dvd and loved it as a kid! Although the bull scared me :,]

[@owenwildish331]

1st Picture is that The Last Unicorn? I love that film. :) 2nd Picture, oh, I love your MLP redesign; it's beautiful. It's a shame G2 was never given a chance. I do like the pony design for that brief era. Sadly, from what I read, people just thought they were knock-offs, as this was the first major MLP redesign following G1, and I find it a bit frustrating that people now often mistake G1's Pony Tales for G2, trying to fill the gap between G1 & G3. If I were a filmmaker, I'd love to make a 'multi-Gen' MLP movie.

[@rockmangurlx4973]

Haven’t really seen G5 but I love seeing takes like this.

[@YuBeace]

You did a WONDERFUL job here!! 🥰

[@pyro-millie5533]

So cute!! I love the G2 inspiration!

[@L0rdOfThePies]

12:52 big sparkly eyes aren’t my personal favourite thing in art, i think very small flat colour eyes are cuter, closer to the make your mark drafts, but i cant imagine my little ponies with small undetailed eyes… i appreciate you bringing back gen 2 style since i have a nostalgia for them growing up

[@cofeespear4992]

I love just calli putting in her hyper fixation in vids and it shows how much she loves MLP from the designs~

[@berry5965]

Your redesign is so cute I would've love to see sunny in the french braid even if it isn't what her hair normally is!

[@Kiitycatty]

The cookie run oven break background music!!!!

[@Lyierena458]

21:42 I struggled to enjoy this angle a bit but I hated it ESPECIALLY when they smiled facing forward directly at the camera, it was too eughhbhfmfmmf

[@Faith-gx4el]

3:42 I'm 13 and I LOVE it soooo

[@alannahbrule-bu1tk]

the last unicorn desighn choice, nice